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LIFE ENVIRONMENT |LIFE and Climate CHANGE mitigationpromote individual and corporate social responsibilityin a sustainable society,” says Vrasidas Zavras,the General Manager of Piraeus Bank Green Banking.Vrasidas Zavras (left), General Manager of Piraeus Bank, withHans Bruyninckx, EEA Executive Director (middle) and TimoMäkelä from DG Environment (right)their climate risk by 22% per year and lessen theircarbon footprint by 70% per year.Advice networkDuring the project, Piraeus Bank employees took partin a series of workshops and e-learning sessionsto enable them to use the CRM to advise customers.A total of 170 green banking advisers and 68small business officers learned about climate riskmitigation measures in order to suggest appropriateinvestments. In the campaign “Climate drives business”,launched in autumn 2012, trained staff thenworked with more than 1 000 clients, estimatingtheir climate risk and the costs of the solutions for itsreduction. “Piraeus Bank’s pivotal strategy is to supportand finance companies, institutions, organisationsand projects which offer added value and whichbenefit people and the environment by supportingdeposit accounts holders and investors wishing toPhoto: LIFE08 ENV/GR/000552More green banking productsThe beneficiary also developed a web-based tool forthe Green Banking portal that it rolled out during thecourse of the project. This ‘climabiz calculator’, whichcan be accessed through http://www.greenbanking.gr,is a simplified version of the Climate Risk ManagementModel and allows the bank’s business customers to getan indication of the climate risk and available climatemitigation measures for their sector in general.The project results will be further developed andused in the coming years. In 2012, the bank beganincorporating the CRM into its standard proceduresso that it becomes an iintegral part of its credit policies.The model is also currently being updated sothat it provides a more in-depth data assessment forthe agriculture and tourism sectors.“The incorporation of climate-related risk into clients’risk profiles would result in a much wider green businessconscience among the business community inEurope and can help banks obtain a much ‘healthier’client portfolio,” Mr Dimopoulos explains. A wider applicationof tools such as the CRM could also help regionalauthorities calculate the total mitigation costfor the local business community in order to createappropriate climate change policies.Furthermore, it could also be useful for the EuropeanCommission in the development of policy and operationalobjectives for structural funds targeted atlow-emission economies.Photo: EC/Patrick MascartMr Dimopoulos believes that “businesses play a vitalrole in the mitigation of climate change. They can becomea key player by reducing their greenhouse gasemissions. Since more stringent regulations, such ascarbon taxes, are likely in our future, businesses wouldbe wise to ramp up energy reduction and efficiency efforts,and to reduce their carbon emissions.”Project number: LIFE08 ENV/GR/000552Title: ClimaBiz – Financial Institutions: Preparing the Marketfor adapting to Climate ChangeBeneficiary: Pireaus Bank SAContact: Dimitris DimopoulosEmail: environment@piraeusbank.grWebsite: http://www.climabiz.gr/Period: 11-Jan-2010 to 31-Dec-2012Total budget: €1 850 000LIFE contribution: €924 00082
LIFE ENVIRONMENT |LIFE and Climate CHANGE mitigationProject listThe table below provides the complete list of LIFE projects related to climate change mitigation mentioned in thispublication. For more information on individual projects, visit the online database at: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/project/projects/index.cfmProject Reference Acronym Title PageLOCAL AND NATIONAL ACTIONLIFE06 PREP/A/000006 EC4MACS European Consortium for Modelling of Air Pollution and Climate Strategies 18, 19LIFE02 ENV/UK/000147 Carra Carbon Assessment and Reduction in Regeneration Areas 19, 20LIFE07 ENV/IT/000451 LAKS Local Accountability for Kyoto Goals 19, 21LIFE08 ENV/IT/000430 FACTOR20 Forwarding ACTions On a Regional and local scale to reach UE targets of theEuropean Climate Action Plan “20-20 by 2020”19-21LIFE09 ENV/IT/000200 LAIKA Local Authorities Improving Kyoto Actions 19-21LIFE07 ENV/FIN/000145 Julia 2030 Mitigation of and Adaptation to the Climate Change in the Helsinki MetropolitanArea - From Strategy to Implementation19-22, 24LIFE09 ENV/FR/000598 CLIMATE Changing LIving Modes: Acting in our Territory for the Environment 20LIFE99 ENV/F/000459 ADEME European day 'In town, without my car ?' 20, 23LIFE07 INF/FIN/000152 CCCRP Climate Change Community Response Portal 21LIFE09 INF/PL/000283 DOKLIP A Good Climate For Counties 21LIFE02 ENV/GR/000362 MedClima Climate Alliance for Mediterranean Cities 22LIFE04 ENV/IT/000453 ROMAPERKYOTO Realization of Rome's Action Plan to achieve the Kyoto's Protocol objective ofGreen House Gas Reduction22LIFE07 ENV/FIN/000138 CHAMP Climate Change Response through Managing Urban Europe-27 Platform 22LIFE12 ENV/ES/000222 LIFE GREEN TIC Reducing CO 2footprint of Information and Communication Technologies 22LIFE02 ENV/F/000289 PRIVILEGES Cities program for greenhouse gas reduction (Chalon sur Saône) 23LIFE08 ENV/E/000101 Las Rozas por el clima Local Action Plan for Fighting Climate Change in Las Rozas de Madrid: Applicationand Evaluation of Municipal Management Methods23LIFE09 ENV/DK/000366 Climate Partnerships Carbon 20 - public private partnerships for climate solutions 23LIFE11 ENV/FR/000739 SUSTAIN-ICT ICT for greener urban development 23LIFE09 ENV/SE/000350 CLICC Climate Living in Cities Concept 23, 24LIFE10 ENV/ES/000494 People CO2Cero Movilización y empoderamiento de ciudadanos y de agentes clave en la custodia ypromoción del medio ambiente Urbano de la ciudad de SoriaLIFE12 INF/AT/000369 EKO-LIFE Experimenting and communicating sustainable lifestyles to promote EnergyAutonomy2424LIFE12 INF/IT/000465 EcoLife Ecological Lifestyles for CO 2Reduction 24LIFE07 ENV/GR/000282 CLIM-LOCAL2020 Developing Local Plans for Climate Mitigation by 2020 19, 25-27RENEWABLE energy and energy-efficiencyLIFE09 ENV/ES/000450BIOENERGY & FIREPREV.Contribution of forest biomass generated in the prevention of forest fires in the EUenergy strategy30LIFE13 ENV/ES/000923 LIFE BIOBALE Development of a cogeneration demonstration plant from biomass forest bales 30LIFE03 ENV/S/000598 RecAsh Regular Recycling of Wood Ash to Prevent Waste Production 30, 33LIFE00 ENV/IT/000054 Biosit GIS-based planning tool for greenhouse gases emission reduction through biomassexploitationLIFE07 ENV/F/000178 GREEN PELLETS Best sustainable life-cycle fittings for mixed herbaceous solid biofuels for heatingto reduce GHG emissionsLIFE05 ENV/UK/000128 BioReGen Biomass, remediation, re-generation: Re-using brownfields sites for renewable energycrops31313183
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